Tuesday, June 21, 2011

-Bam Margera furious after American film critic tweets: 'Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive' -Dunn posted Twitter picture of himself in a bar with passenger Zac Hartwell hours before crash -Autopsy under way to determine if alcohol played a part -Dunn was charged with drink-driving offence in 2005 -Star's burnt body 'had to be identified by his tattoos' -Johnny Knoxville leads tributes saying: 'Today I lost my brother'

Dunn, 34, died when his sports car flew off the road at around 2.30am on Monday while he was driving to his home in West Goshen, Pennsylvania, following a night out in a bar with friends.

Now his fellow Jackass co-star Margera, 31, has broken his silence after Ebert criticised Dunn hours after the smash.

Taking to Twitter soon after the news broke, Ebert, 69, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, tweeted: 'Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive.'

Wreckage: The blackened remains of the Porsche 911 GT3 are towed away fromt he crash scene in Pennsylvania.

A link to a news story about the accident accompanied his comment.

Margera retaliated on Twitter late last night, saying: 'I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day and piece of s**t roger ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents about a jackass drunk driving and [he is] one, f*** you!"

He added: 'Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat f*****g mouth!'Sources told TMZ that Dunn drank at least three light beers and three shots between 10.30pm and 2.10am at Barnaby's of America bar before the accident.

Fellow Twitter users were also angered by Ebert's remarks.

One tweeter, @ebertchicago, responded: 'That was in disgustingly poor taste,' while another added: 'Why is this a joke? He is still a person. Have some respect.'

An article on Hilton's blog read: 'We certainly agree that driving after drinking is wrong, we think there's no reason - especially RIGHT NOW - that anyone should be pointing fingers or poking fun at a truly tragic situation.

But Ebert stuck to his guns, merely retweeting Hilton's article with the comment: 'Perez Hilton's readers agree with me and not with Perez about my tweet on Ryan Dunn.

'He drank, he drove, 2 people died.'

Police said they found Dunn's 2007 Porsche 911 GT3, capable of reaching 190mph, completely engulfed in flames in woodland beside the road.

Last picture: Just hours before his death, Ryan (left) tweeted this photograph of himself enjoying a night out with his passenger Zac Hartwell (far right) who also died in the accident, and another friend

Outrage: The offending remarks by Ebert on his Twitter page. An autopsy is under way to ascertain whether drink played a part in the accident, but the toxicology results have still not been released

Reaction: Bam Margera retaliated on Twitter against Roger Ebert for his comments in the wake of Dunn's death

Dunn's body was so badly burned that he had to be identified by his tattoos, NBC Philadelphia reported.

Dunn was the registered owner of the $100,000 vehicle and was driving at the time, according to police.

Dunn's passenger has now been identified as his frIend Zac Hartwell, who was drinking with him in the bar before the accident.

police reportedly had trouble identifying the body due to the horrific nature of his injuries.

An official report states that a 'preliminary investigation revealed that speed may have been a contributing factor to the accident'.

The Chester County Coroner was conducting an autopsy on Dunn following the crash to determine if alcohol played a role in his death, TMZ reported.

It emerged today that Dunn was charged with a drink-driving offence six years ago.

Patrick Carmody, the Assistant District Attorney in Chester County, told RadarOnline that the Jackass star was charged in 2005.

He told the website: 'In 2005, Dunn was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and entered a first offender's programme that allowed him to clear his record after a certain period of good behaviour.'

Tyre marks at the scene of the crash show where the Porsche careered off the highway, through a metal guardrail and into the woods.

Pictures from the scene show the charred remains as a tow truck dragged the wreckage from the woods.

Yesterday Johnny Knoxville, the leader of the Jackass gang, led the tributes to his former co-star.

He said on Twitter: 'Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie.'